# inventar
## Catalan
### Etymology

From invent +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [im.bənˈta]
* IPA: (Balearic) [iɱ.vənˈta]
* IPA: (Valencia) [iɱ.venˈtaɾ]
* Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

### Verb

inventar (first-person singular present invento, first-person singular preterite inventí, past participle inventat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/
* (transitive) to invent

#### Related terms

* invenció
* inventiu
* inventor

### Further reading

* “inventar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “inventar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “inventar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “inventar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Galician
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /imbenˈtaɾ/ [im.ben̪ˈt̪aɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Hyphenation: in‧ven‧tar

### Verb

inventar (first-person singular present invento, first-person singular preterite inventei, past participle inventado)
* (transitive) to invent (create or find a new thing or a new way of doing it)
* (transitive) to invent (create with imagination a tale, story etc)
* (transitive) to invent (present as true something that is not)

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Related terms

* invención

### Further reading

* “inventar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* “inventar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

## Occitan
### Pronunciation

* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

inventar
* to invent

#### Related terms

* invencion
* inventiu
* inventor

### References

* Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 383.

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From invento, from Latin inventum, the supine form of inveniō (“find, discover”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ĩ.vẽˈta(ʁ)/ [ĩ.vẽˈta(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ĩ.vẽˈta(ʁ)/ [ĩ.vẽˈta(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ĩ.vẽˈta(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ĩ.vẽˈta(ʁ)/ [ĩ.vẽˈta(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ĩ.vẽˈta(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ĩ.vẽˈtaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ĩ.vẽˈtaɾ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ĩ.bẽˈtaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ĩ.vẽˈta.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: in‧ven‧tar

### Verb

inventar (first-person singular present invento, first-person singular preterite inventei, past participle inventado)
* to invent, devise
* to imagine

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:inventar.

#### Related terms

* invenção
* inventor

### Further reading

* “inventar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “inventar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “inventar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French inventaire.

### Noun

inventar n (plural inventare)
* inventory

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Etymology

From invento (“invention”), from Latin inventum, the supine form of inveniō (“find, discover”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /imbenˈtaɾ/ [ĩm.bẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: in‧ven‧tar

### Verb

inventar (first-person singular present invento, first-person singular preterite inventé, past participle inventado)
* to invent
* to feign

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Derived terms

* no haber inventado la pólvora
* reinventar

#### Related terms

* invención
* invento
* inventor

### Further reading

* “inventar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Venetan
### Etymology

From invento, from Latin inventum, the supine form of inveniō (“find, discover”). Compare Italian inventare.

### Verb

inventar
* (transitive) to invent
* (transitive) to fabricate

#### Conjugation

* Venetan conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.